Reedsmouth railway station

55°08′02″N 2°12′54″W / 55.134°N 2.215°W / 55.134; -2.215Grid referenceNY863822Platforms3Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBorder Counties RailwayPre-groupingNorth British RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British RailwaysKey dates1 February 1861Station opens15 October 1956Closed to passengers11 November 1963Goods services withdrawn

Border Counties Railway
Overview
Status	Closed
Locale	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend Waverley Route to Edinburgh Riccarton Junction Waverley Route to Carlisle Saughtree Scotland England Deadwater Kielder Lewiefield Halt Plashetts Plashetts Colliery Waggonway portion of line flooded by Kielder Water Falstone Thorneyburn Tarset Charlton Bellingham Wansbeck Railway to Morpeth Reedsmouth Countess Park (1859–1861) Wark Barrasford Chollerton Chollerford (later Humshaugh) Wall Newcastle & Carlisle Railway to Carlisle Border Counties Bridge Border Counties Junction Hexham Newcastle & Carlisle Railway to Newcastle

Reedsmouth is a closed railway station in Northumberland, England. It was a junction station where the Wansbeck Railway (Morpeth to Reedsmouth) joined the Border Counties Railway (Hexham to Riccarton Junction). It served the village of Redesmouth, which is spelled differently.

The station was opened in November 1864. It was closed to passengers in October 1956,^[1] but remained open for goods trains and public excursions until November 11, 1963.^[2] Today, the station can be visited on foot by going into the hamlet of Redesmouth, through the kissing gate and following the footpath signs towards Countess Park. Furthermore, there are old photos and relics to be found at Bellingham Heritage Centre and at the Carriages Tea Room which, as the name suggests, is situated in a restored railway carriage in the Heritage Centre car park.

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bellingham		London and North Eastern Railway Border Counties Railway		Wark
Terminus		North British Railway Wansbeck Railway		Woodburn

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References